MPs vote for government to release leaked Brexit economic study

LONDON — The government will release a study of the economic impact of different Brexit scenarios after MPs backed the move in a House of Commons vote on Wednesday afternoon."It follows the leak of the study, which showed that every "off-the-shelf" model of Brexit would harm U.K. economic growth, to Buzzfeed on Monday.

Following instructions from party whips, Conservative MPs did not oppose the Labour motion to release the study, which will be made available in hard copy to the chair of the House of Commons exiting the European Union committee, Hilary Benn, while MPs and members of the House of Lords will be able to read the study in a confidential reading room.

Labour’s Shadow Brexit Secretary Keir Starmer called it “a victory for parliament and for our country.” “The Speaker has made clear that this decision should be implemented as a matter of urgency. Labour therefore expects ministers to hand these documents over by the end of the week. To not do so would obstruct the will of parliament,” he said.